Comment: DMCA Violation? (Score 1) 268
Would selling or using this product be a DMCA violation?
Things you write have an implicit copyright. Suppose your system encrypts your writings. Their software is promoted to be used to defeat that encryption.
Comment: April Fool? (Score 5, Interesting) 206
This interview was the day after March 31.
"On March 31 the author of the Rybka program, Vasik Rajlich, and his family moved from Warsaw, Poland to a new appartment in Budapest, Hungary. The next day, in spite of the bustle of moving boxes and setting up phone and Internet connections Vas, kindly agreed to the following interview, which had been planned some months ago."
Comment: The Missing Link(s) (Score 1) 1108
Comment: Interview with Curator (Score 4, Informative) 54
+ - Center for PostNatural History
The museum is located in Pittsburgh, PA. Admission is free."
Comment: Is that all? (Score 1) 289
Isn't that an average of less than a dollar a day per metal detector gate. If only $1 was lost per day at each metal detector gate and there were only 200 airports with an average of only 6 metal detector gates each that would be $1*200*6*365 = $438000. Does the reported amount seem like a very low number?
Are all the detectors operated by TSA or are many operated by others?
Comment: "HAL was ordered to lie ..." (Score 1) 228
Apparently Google is doing this is to comply with COPPA. Is the US congress teaching children to lie and defraud web sites like Google? I am reminded of a quote from the movie "2010: The Year We Make Contact".
"HAL was ordered to lie
Comment: FedEx commercial (Score 1) 119
spoiler (rot13):
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Comment: Cherry Picking (Score 1) 920
Why doesn't the White House have a nonpartisan independent organization manage the petitions? If the White House manages them, they can cherry pick the petitions they like.
Comment: Why? (Score 1) 277
Is this profitable or beneficial to Comcast? If so why are they permitted artificially to discriminate against others?
If it is not profitable is the cost paid by the shareholders or their other customers?
Comment: New? (Score 1) 53
Comment: Test Answers (Score 1) 1186
Don't alot of non-geek students write equations on their arm?
Comment: Ten More (Score 1) 778
10. car phone
9. flashlight (torch)
8. sun dial
7. singing telegram
6. level
5. vibrator
4. paper weight
3. slide rule
2. hammer
1. rock